The University of Wisconsin football team (6-3, 4-2 Big Ten) will take on Penn State (6-3, 3-3 Big Ten) in Happy Valley with bragging rights and potential Big Ten implications on the line.
For Wisconsin, this season has undeniably been a challenging one. Once contenders for the College Football Playoff, the Badgers are now on the brink of elimination from the Big Ten West — which most pundits see as the weaker of the two conference divisions.
Wisconsin comes off an encouraging, but not necessarily assuring 34–17 victory over Rutgers last week. Though Wisconsin performed well against Rutgers, even shutting them out in the first half, the reality is that the Scarlet Knights are a bottom feeder in the Big Ten with their only victory this year coming at home against FCS team Morgan State.